HAND Book Series 

HISTORY 

OF THE 

SUSSEX FOWL 



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CONTAINING THE 

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN 
STANDARD ^/PERFECTION 

ILLUSTRATED 

American Sussex Poultry Club, Publishers 
Hackensack, N. J. 



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Hand Book Series 



HISTORY 



OF 1 HE 



SUSSEX FOWL 




CONTAINING THE 

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN 
STANDARD ^/PERFECTION 



ILLUSTRATED 



American Sussex Poultry Club, Publishers 
Hackensack, N. J. 






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Copyright, 191 1 
By William H. Bratt 



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Apologizing to the shade of Aesop for this: 



The Lion, the Ass and the Fox went hunting- together in a 
forest; and it was agreed, that whatever was tal\;en should uo 
divided among-st them. They happened to have very good 
sport, and caug^ht a large fat stag, which the Lion ordered the 
Ass to divide. The Ass, to the best of his ability did so, mak- 
ing three very equal shares. This division not suiting the 
craving- temper of the greedy Lion, he sprang upon the Ass, 
and tore him to pieces; and forthwith ordered the Fox to 
divide it into two parts. Reynard had his cue sufficiently for 
this occasion, and nibbling off a piece of one ear tor himself, 
laid down the rest as the Lion's portion. The royal brute was 
so delighted that he could not forbear expressing his satis- 
faction, and asked the Fox where he had learnt so proper and 
courtly behaviour. "Why," replied Reynard, '"to tell your 
majesty the truth, I was taught it by the Ass that lies dead 
there." 



t5t)e jSu^s^ex potul 



The t'ounty ol Sussex. Enulaiul, lias for centuries been 
prominently identified with the raising of chickens and 
from wliat we can learn from Wright, Lewis. Brown and 
others of authority, it would appear that the ground of 
Sussex is i.articularly adapted to the industi-y, the lime de- 
posit being directly responsible for large oat croi)s which is 
the chief, almost exclusive ration, in rearing and fattening 
for market. J.ong before the time of modern railroad 
freight, wagr.ns left the Sussex districts every night for 
Loiulon loaded down with select poultry that had been care- 
fully plucked and shaped to the reipiiremcnt of the metro- 
politan market and we arc told tlie industry has now be- 
conu' so extensive, so systemized and the expense of hand- 
ling cut so fine that the cost of consigning a bird from the 
fatters to the commission merchant in London is ai)proxi- 
mat(dy two cents per bird. An idea of the extent of the 
industry can be formed by referring to .Mr. Wright, who 
is authoritv for the statement that in ISIU) the town of 




This Cut Represents the Type Adopted as Standard by the 
Sussex Poultry Club of England When It Was 
Organized July, 1903 



Heathfield sent in to London 2,500 tons of dead iionltry, 
equivalent to 16,000 lbs. each day in the year (Sundays ex- 
eluded) and these biids weie of a uniform eliaracteristic and 
quality demanded by tlie London poulterers. 

The foregoing remarks are but a prelude to our desire to 
show, and contention, that there had been established in 
this district a Sussex type that years of breeding and ca- 
tering to a certain nuirket had marked as distinctive from 
all others. In this particular the effort of all authorities 
is practically lost in antiquity, and ^Nlr. Wright, the fore- 
most authority, is responsible for the description that a 
half century ago the greater proportion of Sussex fowl 
were known by their delicate white legs, four claws, very 
broad and square bodies, feathering of varied colors, but 
principally brown or bay more or less speckled Avith Avhite 
and black. 

Continuing further and bearing on the origin of the Dark 
Dorking, a mass of evidence is produced, showing the latter 
to be the result of a cross between the White Dorking and 
the Sussex Fowl. In relation to this assumption there is 
but one dissentor, Mr. Harrison Weir, (who, by the way, 
does not doubt the existence of the Sussex fowl a century 
ago but the admixture that produced the colored Dorking). 
In doubting Weir's right to challenge the statement that 
Sussex blood was infused, Mr. Wright offers the evidence of 
Bonington Moubray published in 1815 and that of Nolan in 
1850, and in dismissing the theory of AVeir claims that the 
latter's views were based upon the memory of men, each of 

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Above Photo of Speckled Pullet Winner of Most First Prizes in 

England 1910, and Illustrates the Length of Body 

Desired at This Time. 

"In shape, the ISussex breeders, to keep their breed distinc- 
tive of the Orpington, are seeking the long type and medium 
feathering." — F. L. Piatt. Reliable Poultry Journal, Sept. 1911. 



whom had an opinion as to the breeding- and purity of his 
own stock. 

The first evidence we liave, however, of the Sussex fowl 
being placed on exhibition under their proper name was at 
the Lewis Poultry show of Sussex County twenty years ago 
when John Cole made an entry of speckled Sussex. This 
information is furnished us by Dr. F. Y. Gravely of Greens- 
field, (Sussex, England,) who also states that he traced a 
strain of speckled Sussex that had been bred consistently 
for over 80 years on a farm at the foot of tlie Downs. 

Through the courtesy of jNIessrs. Cassell & Co. we are 
able to present our readers with a reproduction of the color 
plate frontispiece that will appear in Wright's Revised book 
on poultry to be published early next year and while we re- 
gret we have not been able to review the text the presump- 
tion is that Artist Ludlow went down into the Sussex dis- 
trict and there sketched the old original Sussex fowl upon 
its native heath. 

The picture follows the (lescrii)tion we had of the bird 
fifty years back and adds much weight to the contention that 
Moubray's history was correct and that the colored Dorking- 
is a decendi.uit of the old speckled Sussex. 

In face of wliat we have said, it does seem strange, how- 
ever, that from a fancy and exhibition standpoint the Sus- 
sex Avere seldom heard from exce])t periodically as before 
noted up until July, 1903, when the Sussex Poultry Club 
was formed and which jumped into popular favor so tliat in 
the November of the following- year 103 specimens were 

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An American Bred Speckled Sussex Cock, Winner of the Blue 

Ribbon, Madison Square, Dec. 1910, Entered as a 

Diamond Jubilee Orpington 



penned at the Lewes Show. An incident that might have 
aroused the Sussex fanciers to the protection of their breed 
occurred about the time of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, when 
it was claimed that the late Mr. Wm. Cook introduced the 
speckled Sussex as the Diamond Jubilee Orpington. Just 
how much breeding and experimenting Mr. Cook engaged in 
I am not prepared to say, but if he procured a "speckled 
Dorking now supposed to be extinct" and crossed it with a 
buff Orpington, producing the Diamond Jubilee Orpington, 
I am afraid he went to a lot of unnecessary labor, for the 
D. J. Orpington is today far behind the Orpington type, and 
specimens of speckled Sussex have repeatedly beaten the 
Cook cross in the show room, even tagging them with the 
assumed name. 

I have no desire to berate the work of Mr. Cook. I have 
met him at Madison Square in years gone by, and the old 
gentleman with his high hat and white vest impressed me 
as he spoke chicken, more in the light of a promoter than a 
breeder, but whether he originated the chicken or originated 
the name, due credit must be given him for his enterprise. 

As we commenced to say in this particular it occurs to 
us that the coming of the name Diamond Jubilee Orpington 
was the direct cause of arousing Sussex breeders to the de- 
fence of their own and bringing into the foreground a good 
old breed that from the show room standpoint w^as practi- 
cally unknown, and its intrinsic worth known only to the 
fatters and consumers within la limited area. 

At the time the Sussex Poultry Club was formed, three 
varieties were standardized— the speckled, light and red— 

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An American 



Jred Speckled Sussex Cock of Remarkably Fine 
Shape 



wliieli were also .subseinieiitiy ;i(linit.t(Ml to tlic poultry 
club's staudard. T!ie editor of the Ku-lish Standard, Mr. 
W. W. Broomlicad, (a well-known editor and ,iud,i;c) is also 
a member of the Sussi'x l\)ultry ('lub and has done much 
to further the interests of the breed by his wi'itin^s and ac- 
tivity iu the show room. W'lien lie judges a l)ir(l he de- 
mands type from start to linish. In speakin<i at the annual 
dinner of the Sussex Poultry Club a year or two a<>o he 
said with much emphasis that "tyife made tlie breed and 
color the variety, keep to the type and try to imi)rove the 
markings.'' 

In this connection we would say that the priiuipal object 
of the English club is to j)ieserve the type and by reference 
to the standard it Avill be notiMl tliat type, size and condi- 
tion count 5") points, while all other defects in head, comb, 
legs, feet and color count l)ut 4."). 

Before advancing to the Standai'd let us refer to the 
photos which can be better read than the most vivid de- 
scription. The speckled jjullet shown on ])age S illustrates 
an almost ideal bird. She shows to advantage the great 
length of body so much desired at this time to stanij) the- 
type apart from that of the so-called "Orpington," which is 
in reality an inferior "cobby"' Snssex. This bird received 
special mention from Judge Bunney at the Hastings show, 
and was looked ujx)!! as the best specimen ever exhibited. 
We would like you to contiast her with the biid ])ictured 
on page 18, which for generiil symmetrical lines and beauti' 
ful disti'ibution of color is none of the English pullets in- 

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An American Bred Speckled Sussex Hen, First Prize, Madison 
Square, Dec. 1910, as a Pullet 



ferior, the liaiidieap lying, if at all, in a little too closo 
feathering. Tlie birds illustrated on pages 10 and IG show 
the fallacy of the "Diamond Jubilee" claim. Here are two 
speckled Sussex, the cock so large, scj[uare and Hat that he 
really looks short, and the pullet so beautiful in feather and 
trained in the pen that they win the blue as "Diamond Ju- 
bilees" against all comers. 

^Vhen it conu'S to Sussex "type" the adult birds sliowu on 
pages 12 and 14 are par excellence, but it is also necessary 
to point out the fact that the cock bird is too dark as an 
exliibition specimen, while the hen is the reverse — too light. 
However, in parti -colored birds, here is one great essential 
for the proper mating of your stock to produce progeny for 
the show room. 

In passing to the light Sussex we come to the variety that 
we believe Mr. S. C. Sharpe, the present secretary of the 
English club, can jvistly lay chiim to originating. At the 
time the club was organized quite some discussion arose as 
to the advisability of admitting them to tlie standard and 
while birds of the light Brahma markings had been known 
in the district of Sussex the chief interest centered on the 
old speckled variety, but Mr. Sharpe, undaunted by the de- 
sire of a few to exchule the "lights." hung on to liis favor- 
ite, which he had been breeding to i)erfection for several 
years and finally prevailed. It Avas the intention of the 
owner of the bird pictured on page 28 to exhibit him at 
Crystal Palace this fall but lie informs us that procrastina- 
tion — the thief of time — robbed him of the opportunity. 

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American Bred Speckled Sussex Pullet of 1910, Winner First 
Prize Grand Central Palace, Nov 1910 and Madison Square, 
Dec. 1910, Shown in the Diamond Jubilee Orpington Class 



While the light Sussex will usually make the greatest 
weight the standard calls for no difference and as egg pro- 
ducers they fall but little short of the speckled variety, A 
breeder of lights in writing to Secretary Sharpe tells him 
that a May hatched pullet commenced laying Oct. 10, and 
in one year without special care with regard to feeding or 
housing, in town on a small place, had produced 154 eggs. 

Passing on to the red Sussex pictured on pages 30-38, we 
are fortunate to be able to furnish several very fine photos. 
American breeders by careful selection and line breeding 
have wonderfully improved the color of the bird, still the 
same difficulty in color that exists in the Rhode Island red 
is found with the Sussex, but Ave think to a lesser degree. 

Following the standards which are now given we conclude 
our booklet with a few remarks on line breeding that should 
be practiced by all who wish to make exhibition fowl a suc- 
cess. 



Standards for Sussex 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COCK 

Head and Neck. 

Head Medium size. 

Beak Short and strong (curved). 

Eye Full and bright. 

Comb Single, medium size, evenly ser- 
rated and erect, and fitting 
close to the head. 

Face Red. 

Earlobes and Wat-Of medium size, 
ties 

Neck Gracefully curved with fairly 

full hackle. 

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American Bred Speckied Sussex Pullet 1911. Seven Months Oid 
When Photo Was Taken 




Bocy. 

Breast Broad and square, carried well 

forward, with long and deep 
breast bone. 

Shoulders Wide. 

Back Broad and flat. 

Wings Carried close to the body. 

"Skin Clear, and fine in texture. 

Ta'I. 

Moderate size. 

Legs and Feet. 

Thighs Short and stout. 

Shanks Short and strong and i-atiie.' 

wide apart; free from feath- 
ers. 

Toes Four in numbei". sti'aight and 

well spread. 
General Shape and Carriage, 

Cobby, compact, graceful anci 

erect. 
Size and Weight 

Large, 0-lb. and upwards. 

PIUTiage. 

Close. 

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American Bred Six Montlis Old Speckled Sussex Cockerel of 
Very Promising Shape. Main Tail Feathers Just Starting 




GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HEN 

Head, Neck and Body. 

As in the Cock. 

Tail. 

Small, curved backwards, other- 
wise as in the Cock. 
Legs and Feet. 

As in the Cock. 

General Shape nnd Carriage. 

Cobby, compact, graceful and 

erect. 
Size and Weight 

Larg-e ; 7-lb. and upwards. 

Plumage. 

Close. 

COLOUR IN THE RED VARIETY 
In both Sexes 

Beak White or horn colour. 

Eye Red or brown. 

Comb, face, ear- 
lobes and wattlesRed. 
Shanks and feet. . .White. 
Skin and flesh. .. .White and fine. 

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American Bred Light Sussex Hen, Weight 8 lbs. Typical Shape 
and Beautiful Columbian Markings 



\n the Cock. (Plumage). . . ^ -.u. 

Head ana neck Glossy brown. stnped with 

hackle black. 

Body Dark or chestnut brown, allow- 
ing for greater depth of coioi 
on saddle and wing bow» 
which should be glossy. 

Wings Rich dark brown, with blacK 

in flights. 

Wing bow A solid patch of deep glossy 

brown. 

Tail coverts Dark brown, changing to almost 

black at tips. 

Tail Black. 

In t e ®" j^pj^(j j^nd neck Dark brown striped with black. 

Wings l^rown with black in flights. 

Tail " Black. 

Remainder of 

plumage Brown. 

COLOUR IN THE LIGHT VARIETY 

In Lioth Sexes. 

Beak White or horn colour. 

Eye .Orange. 

Comb, face, ear- 
lobes and wattleiRed. 
'^"I'c.nks t)P'^ t'eet . . AVhite. 
Skin and flesh White and fine. 

In the Cock. 

Head White. 

Npck hackle White striped with black. 

Wings White with black in flights. 

Tail coverts White slightly tipped with l)lack. 

Tail Black. 

Remainder of 

plumage Pure white throughout. 

Jn the Hen. 

Head White. 

Neck hackle White striped with black. 

Wings White with black in flights. 

Tail Black. 

Remainder of 

plumage Pure white throughout. 

COLOUR IN THE SPECKLED VARIETY 
In both Sexes. 

Beak AVhite or horn colour. 

Eye Orange or brown. 

Comb, face, ear- 
lobes and wattle.rRed. 
Shanks and feet. .. White. 
Skin and flesh White and fine. 

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f LiGH J Sussex Cock 



American Bred Light Sussex Cock, Well Marked and With 
Long Deep Breast 



In the Cock. 

Head and neck 

hackle Rich reddish brown striped 

with black and tipped with 
white. 

Wing-s Wing- bow red, or nearly so, 

primaries white, or nearly so. 

Facldle hackle Similar to neck hackle. 

Tail White and black. 

Remainder of 

plumage Black, white and brown, aJ 

even speckled as possible. 
In the Hen 

Wing-s Wing bow brown, white, and 

black: flights white. 

Tail . Black, white and brown. 

Remainder of 

plumage Brown, white and black, as 

evenly speckled as possible. 

VALUE OF POINTS IN SUSSEX 

Defects. Deduct up to. 

Defects in Head and Comb 10 

Defects in Colour 20 

Want of Type and Flatness of back 20 

Want of Condition 10 

Defects in Legs and Feet 15 

Want of Size 25 

A Perfect Bird to Count 100 

Serious Defects, for which Birds should be passed: — Other 
than four toes, wry tail, or any deformity, feather on shanks, 
rose comb. 

Pedigree or Line Breeding 
Careful mating and selection year after year are neces- 
sary to intensify and fix a desired quality in poultry and the 
more points or qualities desired the greater care necessary 
in selection. 

A little study of the laws of inheritance will be a great 
help in understanding the mode by which desired qualities 
may be intensified and undesirable ones eliminated. 

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American Bred Light Sussex Pullet, First Prize Patersoni, N.'. J. 
Dec. 1910 



Like begets like, bad points as well as good, tlierefore to 
secure permanency and a larger percentage in the flock of 
any desired point or (piality, have it as well marked as pos- 
sible in both sire and dam. and to eliminate a fault, never 
allow it in both i)arents, but if one is weak in one section 
have the other correspondingly strong to offset it. 

It is only after many years of breeding that a strain can 
be produced, for egg laying, superior table (][ualities of meat, 
type, color, comb or eye, and the only way to flx a quality 
is by pedigree or line breeding. 

]Mendelism teaches us that certain qualities are domin- 
ant and others necessive. Feathers dominant over silk (as 
in crossing feathered fowl on silky i. Rose comb over sin- 
gle comb. Feathered leg over clean leg, etc.. and a quality may 
be dornumt in some generations to reappear in subsequent 
ones. It also teaches us that out crossing or the introduc- 
tion of new blood is very prone to bring out defects of 
both strains after being bred out from eacli for many genera- 
tions by means of careful selection. 

It is apparent then that the introduction of new blood must 
be practiced with the greatest care and a trial made with a 
single mating using one of the progeny to breed into the 
flock. 

Fortunately by means of line breeding it is not necessary 
to make an out cross oftener than once in five years. 

Following the plan of the well-known breeder and judge 
J. K. Felch, whose pedigree chart has been followed by 
many breeders for years, three distinct lines are produced 
from an original pair. One follows the male side, one the 

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Amorican Bred Light Sussex Cockerel, 1911. Seven Months 
Old When Photographed. Main Tail Feathers Not Grown 



female, and tlie third possessing the blood of sire and dam 
in equal proportions without resorting to the mating of 
brother and sister, a proceeding which would soon result in 
ruining the flock. 

When it is desired to produce a large flock in a short time 
the female line may be represented by a number of hens in- 
stead of one and then it will be necessary to trap nest. 

This will settle at once the question of utility and any hen 
falling below a certain number of eggs per month should be 
discarded from the breeding pen. 

Another great help in breeding for points is to set down in 
numerical order the points you wash to breed for, giving them 
their due importance, as 1, shape; 2, size; 3, color; 4, head- 
points, etc. Then in selecting never choose a breeder defi- 
cient in the first and second, but these points secured select 
the ones strongest in the remaining qualities. 

The question of single or double matings should govern a 
beginner in his choice of the variety he wishes to promote. 

Double mating is made necessary by the exhibition stan- 
dard which requires color distribution different from the one 
established by nature for the two sexes. This complicates 
the system of breeding, requires many more breeding pens 
and doubles the number of wasters or birds which by reason 
of oF color are good for utility only. 



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English Bred Red Sussex Cock, Winner Sussex Breed Cup 1910 




t5o Our f^eabersi 



The Ameiieaii Sussex Poultry Club was organized in July, 
li)01), for the purpose of advancing tlie breed and receiving for 
it the national recognition it deserves. 

Many of our members have ^\(>rked tirelessly in meeting 
the reiiuirement of the A. P. A. for adoj^tion by that body, 
but tlie petitions, etc., were smothered in the committee 
chamber. A lame excuse was offered after the convention 
tliat ''new varieties" can only be admitted at certain years, 
but we fail to discover any such jirovision in the constitu- 
tion and by-laws. The Sussex asked for admission to the 
Standard after complying with certain forms, but without 
looking into the matter a certain otiicial rushes to the con- 
clusion that we were asking a "Revision of the Standard." 
The assumption is all wiong; when a person makes request 
to the Board of Directors of a library to admit a certain book 
to the shelves of such library, it does not carry with it the 
request to destroy tlte current catalogues and ])ublication of 
new. When the time comes for tlie new catalogue the new 
books pi'eviously admitted are added. 

We feel sure that the A. P. A. will eventually see its error 
if such ragged business methods arc allowed to cojitiiuie and 
the American Sussex Poultry Club, having suffered one un- 
just rebuke. A^ill not off'er itself for another. 

W. H. BRATT, 

Secretary. 




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